Christian apologist and author Ravi Zacharias speaks to tens of thousands of young adults in Atlanta s Philips Arena on Sunday, January 3, 2016. | Courtesy of Passion Conference/Phil Sanders
John Piper has weighed in on the misdeeds of late apologist Ravi Zacharias and identified the âlessonsâ Christians can learn from his posthumous fall from grace after he was accused of âsexting, unwanted touching, spiritual abuse, and rape.â
âThereâs a lesson to be learned from Raviâs manipulation of people â a lesson to be learned about the need for tethered sympathy,â Piper, chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota, wrote on his Desiring God website.
Living up to Christian principles in a fallen world
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Living up to Christian principles in a fallen world
Living up to Christian principles in a fallen world
Christian celebrity culture is toxic.
And it has terrible long-term effects.
Ravi Zacharias was the head of an international, $40-million-a-year apologetics ministry devoted to explaining and justifying Christianity to a watching world. The position brought him international fame and fortune. When he died there was an outpouring of hagiographies of him from Christian circles.
But increasingly, evidence shows that Ravi Zacharias was guilty of significant levels of adultery and sexual abuse, and lying.
Bill Hwang is CEO and founder of Archegos Capital Management and a trustee at Fuller Theological Seminary. | YouTube/FULLER studio
The evangelical community could lose one of their biggest benefactors after Bill Hwang, a devout Christian and founder of the more than $10 billion Archegos Capital Management investment firm, triggered the liquidation of positions approaching $30 billion in value, and tanked the shares of two major investment banks.
“When the facts come out, my sense is the Bill Hwang blow up will be the most spectacular personal loss of wealth in history,” former hedge fund manager and current CEO of Galaxy Investment Partners, Michael Novogratz, noted in a tweet Monday.
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